Fabulous

Lucas has a new hobby....brushing my hair. Last night after shower he brushed my hair until it was dry.
Quote by Lucas - he wanted to make my hair look fabulous. Big word for such a little guy.

Fireworks Extravaganza!

That's what the carnival was called which took place last weekend here in "beep" town, but we did not stick around for the fireworks, because it was so bleeping hot! It said in the local paper that it would start at 9:30pm and about 10 minutes or so before starttime we had found a nice spot on a grassy area to watch the fireworks from. But around 9:40 when the fireworks hadn't started yet, we or should I say I was ready to go. I get sooo irritated by the heat, I can't stand the humidity. I thought being at 9:30 at night I would be okay, but still at that hour the heat was terrible, and we were sticky and sweaty. (I guess that's me being the European where nobody knows what humidity is). So we left, and we got home right at 10, and we could see the fireworks begin from our house - couldn't be any better than that :-)

Here is a good picture of Dwayne wiping the sweat off of him, and this was taken after the sun had set. Lucas could care less, he was having the time of his life on this ride.

Yeah, I'm such a dork. I was the only adult on this ride, but hey dad gets a ride with his kid and gosh darn it, I want that too!

After a couple of rides we finished off the ride with some funnel cake and popcorn..mmmm...

A Racer In The Making

As some of you know, my hubby loves his mountainbike, so I guess it's only natural that he wants his son to do the same.
So with no further ado - please allow me to introduce to you the newest member of the Gary Fisher's 29'er crew - my sweet kiddo :-)

A Dane in Town

I'm a member of the Danish Club in St. Louis, and in a recent newsletter they said that a Dane was coming to town to give a carillon concert. For those who don't know what a carillon concert is, it sounds like this and here is another one to show you how they actually play . The guy giving the concert - Peter Langberg is from my hometown. My little hometown - Logumkloster which has a population of about 7000. Yep, pretty small.

I also sang in the local church choir which his wife at the time was the director of.

He still lives in Logumkloster, and in Logumkloster we have this tall tower where he would give weekly concert when I was a child. When we go back to Denmark in August I'll take a picture of the tower.

The concert lasted an hour, and like in the first youtube video, you just sat on the lawn and listened to it. He was sitting in this tall tower playing.

And it was no big deal that Lucas was running around and not being too noisy - it was just a very relaxing atmosphere.

(I had to a couple of times go chase him down though )

Oh, and the place where they held it was absolute beautiful. I could have stayed there much longer just taking pictures, but I'm sure Lucas and Dwayne wouldn't have thought that that would have been so much fun.

Barbecue!

I love our backyard. We've been working really hard at making it a place that we want to relax and enjoy. We started out with nothing! That's right, the owner's before us had grass, a dirt area where their dog ran around and a dog house. We're pretty stoked about how it's all coming together.

One of my favorites is the firepit that Dwayne made. I love to cook our meals there and just enjoy the outdoors.

Danmark

Jubiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, saa har vi kobt flybilletter til Danmark. Vi ankommer i august. Vi glaeder os saadan. Det bli'r saa dejligt at se familie, venner og ja, bare mit land igen. Denne gang har vi taenkt os at tage meget til havet. Det er ikke noget vi bare lige saadan kan gore her - med mindre vi har lyst til at hoppe i bilen og kore 12 timer ;-)
Og ja, saa bli'r det da ogsa dejligt med en masse godt mad, og jeg glaeder mig til at skal i fakta, brugsen, fotex og hvad butikkerne nu hedder.
Kun sma to maaneder!

Who's the Boss?

I thought this was a pretty funny little talk - my husband probably didn't think so, hehe.
Our evenings are pretty crazy around here. We get home from work, gotta get dinner ready, straighten up the house a little bit so it don't completely fall apart, some play and then ready for bed.
Lucas always showers with his daddy, and daddy was already ready for shower when I told Lucas to get his butt in gear. I guess Dwayne had been calling for him because Lucas all of a sudden said: "Daddy is not my boss". I said of course he is - you have to listen to daddy.
Out of curiosity I asked Lucas: " well who is the boss then". That's when my child gave me the most brilliant answer, and of course the correct one "You are". Ahhhh, music to my ears, my child is learning sooo quickly. His wife will be very happy one day.
All right, all right.... I'll stop now.